A reasonably good remake of a western classic, and an Oscar-winning Canadian documentary are on tap for review this week, two movies that are wildly different from each other, but both of which have distinct Japanese connections.
The original "The Magnificent Seven" was a remake of an honoured Japanese film, Akira Kurosawa's "the Seven Samurai," and this new remake does a reasonable job of updating the story for today's Hollywood - for better and for worse.
